It's no secret that Blake Lively loves quality food. The star regularly shares photos of her cuisine-loving habits on Instagram, and she's been known to whip up home-cooked meals whenever she can. Lively even made a move to turn her love of cooking and baking into a career in 2014 when she launched Preserve, a lifestyle website that, among other things, dished out food-related homemaking tips. Her recent interview with Marie Claire provided a close-up look at her everyday life, both in and out of the kitchen. It also shone a light on the fact that while Lively may love a nice at-home dinner whenever possible, she's also a busy lady with a career and a baby—and another on the way. So what does an on-the-go gal like Lively actually eat in a day? We've found a few clues, and here's what we've discovered...

She loves to whip things up herself.

According to Don Saladino, who helped Lively train for her film The Shallows, she even opts to make her own meals in the midst of intense pre-filming nutrition programs. “She cooks a lot of her own stuff,” Saladino told People. "She really enjoys the kitchen and didn’t have a private chef [while training.]" (Apparently, when you're a celebrity, a personal chef is just par for the course.)

For Lively, cooking is a form of stress relief.

She told O Magazine that her best stress reliever is "creating something I can use," and that for her, that includes cooking. Lively also revealed that cooking is a shared passion in her family, and that one of her most treasured possessions is "a box of recipes handwritten by the women in my family, from my great-grandmother to my aunt and mother." Awww. No wonder cooking helps her zen out!

And of course, she loves pizza as much as the next woman.

She's not above playing with her food.

Lively loves sweets...

Blakey once told Vogue that she bakes so much ("too often," in her words) that her husband, Ryan Reynolds, calls their kitchen at home The Blakery. Her favorite dessert is a chocolate soufflé, but she doesn't discriminate against other sugary delicacies like homemade cookies and Eataly treats.

...especially hot chocolate.

If her Instagram feed is any indication, Blake is like, really into hot chocolate. She especially loves City Bakery in New York City's decadent take on the beverage, and has said that she prefers hot chocolate over coffee.

But when she wants a treat in a pinch, she'll usually make a quick hot fudge sundae.

Lively told O Magazine that her favorite quick recipe is a hot fudge sundae—but not the Hershey's syrup-laden treat most of us enjoyed as kids. Lively actually puts forth the effort to take things to the next level by topping her sundae with real chocolate. "Forget the fake syrupy stuff," she told O. "Melt down a bar of chocolate, mix it into some warmed-up whipping cream and put it on top of ice cream. Add some sprinkles, and you've got a delicious treat." Uh, yum.

Desserts aside, Lively also values a well-balanced meal.

When gearing up to film The Shallows, Lively ate four small meals each day, with an emphasis on balance. "She had a protein, a vegetable and a slow-burning carb,” trainer Don Saladino told People. “We tried to give her enough so that she wasn’t stuffed, but she was comfortable.” Her meals also included lots of coconut oil as well as energy-boosters like sweet potatoes and gluten-free oatmeal.

And she keeps it real by customizing her meal choices to her nutritional needs.

“This is about feeding a woman who’s got a child who’s got to have certain nutrients in her body," Saladino shared with People. “This is not training a fitness competitor or a model...She’s got to take care of herself. She’s got to eat healthy." Can't argue with that! Blake, if you ever need someone to help raid your fridge, let a girl know.